When you visit the health centre to register you will need to hand in these forms at reception and provide some form of identification.

Preferred Practitioner

You are entitled to see you preferred GP for routine appointments. However, this will not be possible for urgent or emergency appointments that must be seen that day. You may also find that you have to wait longer than usual if you only want to see your preferred GP.

When you register with us you will be assigned to a particular GP, though that doesn’t stop you from expressing a preference to see a different GP when you book appointments. If you would like to be formally assigned to a different GP, you can call the health centre on 626132 and we will be able to make this change for you.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

Practice Boundary

At present we have two separate practice lists and two practice boundaries as shown in the map below - one for Clipstone and Farnsfield (pink) and one for Rainworth (blue). If you live in an area covered by both boundaries, you can choose which list you want to be registered on. Unless you have been registered with us previously, you are not able to register with the practice if you live outside the practice boundary .

If you move outside the boundary we will ask you to register with another practice. However, you can apply to re-register with us as an “Out of area patient” (no home visits). If you required a home visit we would ask you to call 111 who would make arrangements for you.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.